How to Edit & Export Insta360 X4 8K 360 Video for YouTube VR & Vision Pro | Premiere Pro Masterclass

Unleash the full potential of your Insta360 X4 by mastering the editing and exporting process for 8K 360 videos in this comprehensive Adobe Premiere Pro tutorial using the latest Insta360 Premiere Plugins. Elevate your video quality and avoid common mistakes on platforms like YouTube VR, Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro. Subscribe for more insider tips and tricks to enhance your immersive content creation!

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0:00 - Masterclass Introduction
0:53 - Best Insta360 X4 Camera Settings
1:37 - 8K 360 Original Film
2:05 - How to Import Insta360 X4 8K Video Correctly
2:34 - Insta360 Studio vs. Premiere Pro
3:28 - Insta360 Reframe Premiere Pro Plugin
4:24 - INSV files to Premiere Pro!
5:20 - Secret Tip: Enable Proxy
5:47 - Toggle VR Display Settings
6:30 - insv Source Settings
7:06 - Turn OFF Direction Lock!
8:03 - VR Rotate Sphere
8:41 - How to Level 360 Video
9:24 - 360 Video Story Editor's Responsibility
10:19 - Secret Tip: Render and Replace
11:44 - Secret Tip: Best VR Video Transition Effects
12:55 - How to Remove Tripod and Shadow in 360 Video (2024 workflow)
13:43 - Flexify 2 Tripod Removal with Photoshop AI workflow
15:30 - Remove Objects in Moving 360 Video (Mocha Pro 2024 workflow)
19:00 - How to Insert Graphics & Texts in 360 Video
20:15 - VR Plane To Sphere
21:05 - Best Export Settings for 8K 360 Video
23:01 - Do NOT use H.265 / HEVC in Final Export

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[enriquesanchezsanabria]

This type of video is the reason why Hugh Hou is the WORLDS BEST MVP at VRFilmmaking. A true pillar of the Virtual Reality and 360 community at a global scale. A true professional and someone has been guiding and leading generations and generations of 360 VRFilmmakers while innovating at every step of the way.

I just want to write this message to say THANKS from the bottom of my heart for everything you do Hugh. I wish karma brings you joy, peace, happiness, health and anything you desire into your life in exchange for all the knowledge you give out for the community to grow.

I'm really looking forward to your next video for exporting towards headsets. I'm particularly interested in the best way to export stereoscopic Insta360 Pro 2 8K video from premiere pro to Meta Quest 3 to be viewed as a local file in the headset instead of streaming it from Youtube.

Thank you thank you thank you and best wishes to you and your team.

[daltonrandall]

The amount of technical information you share is not only tremendous on a creator level, but the fact that these videos are all free is astounding. I really appreciate all of your effort and work for the community. Thank you.

[harry]

GodDAMN how is like one guy responsible for building the foundation for making VR180/360 content?! Thank you for all the stuff you’ve put online/on your reddit account!

[NextWorldVR]

This finally allows for best quality 360° in Quest 3... I really appreciate it!

[Aquatech]

Hugh you are the New subscriber here and a hobbyist videographer at best. You answered more questions about making a 360 video for VR in 1 video then all other content combined. Thanks a million. Encoding my x4 files into premiere first made a huge difference in the quality. Time to edit my first 360 VR.

[almaximus]

Great video, Hugh! Please make one with Resolve too:)

[evanpierri]

Hugh (and Kimchi!) this is just an incredible wealth of knowledge. Your videos started pouring into my feed when I began the process of looking into the X4 to finally upgrade from the ONEX. Every video was informative and helped me make the decision. Now that I have the X4 and want to understand the 8K capabilities your catalog continues to help me learn and try new options. Thanks!

[vrquest_realidadevirtual]

You are still the best there ever was, my Mentor in virtual reality videos. I always have something to learn from you. Thank you very much!

[stuARTvideoproductions]

On behalf of all of us mere mortals, THANK YOU for this amazingly detailed tutorial. You're the best and definitely earned my sub.

[kalebt]

HUGH I hope you see this! Your videos have been so helpful and informative! I have one question... for now... When I use the VR Rotate sphere it doesn't seem to save my starting position when I save and start editing again. Is that something that only shows up once it's finished and exported? Or am I doing something wrong?

[ToddDouglas]

This is so great man! Lots of gold in this video! I wish that Davinci had an Insta360 plugin like Adobe. You wouldn't happen to be updating your Davinci Tutorial for this workflow as well would you?

[jorgschiele]

Thank you so much! As professional cameraman and editor it's an "all over" tutorial for me, to edit and export footage from our Insta X4 - Excellent! Best regards from Germany.

[katemochon]

Hugh, thanks for posting. This video was a life saver for me with a first project editing 360 in Premiere! All the essential workflow and tips were explained and organized well.

[nicholascoletsis]

Nice work Hugh! I just finished testing some X4 workflows myself and Im glad we came to similar conclusions!

[JustThyce]

Hi Hugh, thanks again for this awesome videos! You share so much knowledge. Do you hve a similar video but for VR180?

[EyeCanShootFL]

You weren't kidding when you said it was coming in my last response. Although, I had all of those settings at least in the first part of this video. I can show you raw video footage out of camera with all the grain, artifacts, color banding etc... I think my frustration comes from the fact that it looks more upscaled than anything and the upscale just increases the artifacts etc...

Continuing to watch the rest of the video but I think I am still going to return the device tomorrow. If I find something ground breaking later in the video I can try tomorrow that I haven't already, ill see. Thanks for at least producing this for us!

[ChristiaanRoest]

Thanks brother ❤ Interesting in your upcoming drone removal turotial

[whereisnoa]

Incredibly helpful. Always holding down the fort.

[MrExel]

Awesome tutorial! So much valuable information in one place. Just to be clear... If I want to edit and export a 2D video, I keep the direction lock on? Or do I turn it off always?

[yonijm]

Your videos are full of professional explanations
Thank you very much!!
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